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The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

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A New York Times Bestseller

By the author of Showtime--the source for HBO's Winning Time--the definitive sports biography of mythic multi-sport star Bo Jackson.

"A legendary tome on a legendary athlete." --Chris Herring, author of Blood in the Garden

From the mid-1980s into the early 1990s, the greatest athlete of all time streaked across American sports and popular culture. Stadiums struggled to contain him. Clocks failed to capture his speed. His strength was legendary. His power unmatched. ...